Diana’s Little Corner in the Nutmeg State: Get Out And Vote!

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Get Out And Vote!

Did you know that in Connecticut, that if you vote for a third party candidate who is also is a candidate for another party that the votes are totaled together.

Suppose a Democratic candidate is also on the Green party ballot, the candidate receive the total of the two votes. Say the candidate receives 1500 vote from the Democratic Party ticket and 500 from the Green Party ticket, the candidate total vote would be 2000 votes and if the Republican candidate received 1750 votes the Republican would lose.

Connecticut is one of a few states that tally the votes for the candidate, not the party. Therefore, you are not reducing the votes for the candidate, but you are sending a message that you support the alternative party platform. I had always not voted for the minority party because I didn’t want to let the other major party win by default, but now that I know this I will be voting for the minority candidate to send a message. I wish other states did that, it will break the strangle hold that the major parties have and allow minority party to form.

3 comments:

Anonymous11/2/10, 1:21 PM
Hi Diana! Glad to hear that you voted too. To all of you out there in the blogosphere, did you vote yet?

Sincerely,

Emily
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Anonymous11/2/10, 1:35 PM
Course I voted. If you are talking about the Working Family Party who are nothing more than the liberal wing of the democrats than yes your thought works. But this doesn't change the fact that a mad dog is a mad dog no matter if he or she is on the demoncrat line or the Working Family line. Same person same old same old.

Now if you are talking about real change and the vote for Socialist candidates then that is different. In district 1 we have a very fine young socialist running, who got us queers votes and for state senate against one liar and one rich nasty there is a Socialist write in candidate running. At last real change a chance to vote for what we beleive in. Peace, jobs, justice, equality, not lip service, run arounds and false hope and change.

No Greens that I know of have or will appear on the Demoncrat or Republican lines.

Love the work you do Diana

Richard Nelson
A Few Queers On The Prowl
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Diana_CT11/2/10, 2:45 PM
Hi Rich

What I was getting at is that the votes are totaled for the candidate not the party. CT is only one of a few states that does that, most states total the votes by party.

So if candidate X is listed on party A and C. In CT the total votes would the combined votes of party A and C. This allows you to vote for the smaller party instead of the giant national party.
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